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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1857
Page
1
A prominent French physician Mugendie derides medicine as a humbug in a lecture. He recalls head physician work at Hotel Dieu noting three patient classes and claims bread pills with colored water cured the neglected, while drugged patients suffered higher mortality.
The special envoy Crom swell named Bushrod Whitelock, set to depart Harwich for Sweden, is detained as the distraught ambassador frets over governance of Madrid. The servant asks if God will govern it better and Whitelock’s reply is unclear as he drifts to sleep. Major Ben Perley Poore is noted for a forthcoming appearance in New York.
A wedding scene in a princely parlor features Marion and the Judge as guests watch an eloquent account of a dying brother caused by poison. The bride declares a vow to refuse wine, smashing the goblet and urging guests to abstain, while a vivid dream-like vision unfolds of a fevered young man and his sister’s plea for restraint.
A powerful tale unfolds from a New York courtroom where a ruthless act against a grieving boy returns as a reckoning. A championed stranger, a famed young lawyer, argues mercy and memory, exposing decades of cruelty and sparing a man from ruin.
The Brattleboro Eagle argues that newspaper advertising sustains publications and defends a free press. It urges readers to prioritize the local paper for timely community news and loyal civic duty, noting a mammoth edition lacks local intelligence.
A Bremer quote urges that small acts of kindness sustain comfort at home. It warns against letting resentments grow, noting dull weather and clouded moods harm family ties. Small considerate deeds create a bright, warm home atmosphere and prevent life becoming cold and miserable.
A compact sermon on resilience. It argues that facing opposition builds strength and character, comparing wind to trials and urging bold endurance. Those who yield without struggle are dismissed as weak, while true virtue shines through the storm and into calm.
A narrator recounts teaching patience by calming a wasp with oil to show how gentleness preserves harmony. He extols the lesson that calm kindness prevents conflict, likening a grouchy husband to a wasp. The tale ends with a pun on oil to soothe tempers.
While visiting western Massachusetts on a journey Mr Moody was urged not to preach, but he insisted and delivered a sermon addressing saints and sinners. He warned the audience they might leave after his portion yet most remained to hear the entire message.
A fragmentary dialogue features a Black person and Clem debating reasons for the moon’s coloration and shape. The exchange suggests themes of race and perception in a rural or colloquial setting.
A 19th century reflection urges keeping the home free of gloom to sustain happiness. A husband returns tired from the street to a warm, light filled parlor where a cheerful wife and bright voice lift his spirits. The piece promotes harmony and the power of a cheerful household to renew strength for tomorrow.
The St Louis Intelligencer notes spiraling costs as rents rise, coal doubles to twelve to twenty dollars a cord, flour eight dollars a barrel, butter and eggs high, potatoes two dollars a bushel, and poultry scarce. Keokuk and Burlington reports show similarly strained finances and debt.
A terse, garbled fragment shows a child asking for money and chocolate to calm a difficult situation. The mother presses for a quick coin and a small treat as relief. No clear names, places, or dates are provided.
The paragraph quotes Headley praising Italian form and bearing while critiquing American waists and fashion. It notes Italians emulate stern models, and Americans lack suitable models, arguing French ideals dominate window displays and influence perceived beauty standards.
A terse exchange records a collector presenting a disputed bill to his employer. The phrase No use my trying to collect that bill appears as the debtor is described as non est and unlikely to pay. The dialogue hints at a stubborn party and a duty to pursue payment despite doubts.
A down easter at a Wisconsin dinner angrily accuses strangers of not respecting the landlord. He brands the diners as careless, then bursts into a grim joke about a bull, provoking laughter from the table.
A fragmentary meditation questions if life is a dream of youth or a waking from it. It traces how the young view youth as vivid, the adult despises youth, and the old see manhood as a fevered dream, ending by denying death as mere sleep and calling it a final awakening.
The passage warns that excessive sitting harms both body and mind. It argues nature will punish neglect of the mind which rules the body, insisting the mind will not forgive oppression and will rise against the tyrant. It ends noting that a tyrant’s rule can be overthrown by a dethroned monarch mind.
Fragmentary recollection describes Mr Smith at a pork shop with a wagging sausage tale. The text includes stray phrases about a Newfoundland dog and a cryptic remark, leaving the core incident unclear.
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